Welcome to the T&T Panels, open to EVERYONE in the publishing industry whether you are a reader, unpublished writer, author or publishing expert.
Please take a look at the Participate page or email me (morgen@morgenbailey.com ~ NB Morgen with an ‘e’) if you’re interested.
Click HERE for The History Behind the T&T Panels.
The link to the T&T panels ongoing is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
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So future dates/topics are below, with recordings from previous sessions at the bottom of this page. NB Timings are UK time.
- T&T #13 ~ Tuesday 5th May @ 6pm: juggling work with writing ~ time management (you still have a day job or are a writer as well as a publishing-related expert) ~ Shaun Allan ~ SJ Banham ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey ~ three slots remaining
- T&T #14 ~ Thursday 7th May @ 6pm: children and animals in literature (yours or others’!) ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey ~ five slots remaining
Then Morgen’s taking a bit of a break so please note revised dates…
- T&T #15 ~ Tuesday 19th May @ 6pm: the therapy of writing ~ Ali Bacon ~ BB Elsin ~ Shaun Allan ~ SJ Banham ~ hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey ~ one slot remaining
- T&T #16 ~ Thursday 21st May @ 6pm: newsletters and Substack ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #17 ~ Tuesday 26th May @ 6pm: poetry in all its forms ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #18 ~ Thursday 28th May @ 6pm: scriptwriting ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #19 ~ Tuesday 2nd June @ 6pm: publishing routes: get an agent, publisher, self-publish or a mix? (a panel for those who’ve done one or more of those options) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #20 ~ Thursday 4th June @ 6pm: what readers think of the books they read and what format do they read (eBooks and/or paperbacks)? (a readers panel) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #21 ~ Tuesday 9th June @ 6pm: the books you wish you’d written/been involved with (a question I ask of authors at festivals!) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #22 ~ Thursday 11th June @ 6pm: taboo topics (something you’d never write about ~ and banned books) ~ HJ Furl ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #23 ~ Tuesday 16th June @ 6pm: podcasts ~ do you host one? Do you listen to them? ~ SJ Banham ~ four slots remaining
- No T&T on Thursday 18th July – see you at Capital Crime, London?
- T&T #24 ~ Tuesday 23rd June @ 6pm: advice you’d give wannabe writers ~ Ali Bacon ~ four slots remaining (different readers, authors, publishing experts to 2nd April discussion)
- T&T #25 ~ Thursday 25th June @ 6pm: how do you deal with ‘scammers’ / ‘spammers’? ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #26 ~ Tuesday 30th June @ 6pm: the price of eBooks (revisited) ~ should I sell my eBooks for .99 or 5.99? How much would you pay for an eBook? ~ five slots remaining (different readers, authors, publishing experts to 19th March discussion) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #27 ~ Thursday 2nd July @ 6pm: book covers ~ how you design yours… do you judge a book by its cover? Should you? ~ Damiano Polcaro ~ Jacqueline Lambert ~ three slots remaining
- T&T #28 ~ Tuesday 7th July @ 6pm: book reviews ~ do you leave bad ones? How do you react to bad reviews on your books? ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- No T&T on Thursday 9th July due to a prior booking (WI talk)
- T&T #29 ~ Tuesday 14th July @ 6pm: writing competitions ~ do you enter them? Do you judge them? ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #30 ~ Thursday 16th July @ 6pm: writing (for) magazines ~ which writing-related magazines do you buy? Do you write for magazines? ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #31 ~ Tuesday 21st July @ 6pm: Social media advertising (inc. posting for free, paying for Amazon Ads, Facebook Ads etc.) ~ BB Elsin ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #32 ~ Thursday 23rd July @ 6pm: where in the world (locations you’ve used/want to use for your writing or read, edited, published etc.) ~ SJ Banham ~ four slots remaining
- T&T #33 ~ Tuesday 28th July @ 6pm: book launches ~ online and in real life ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #34 ~ Thursday 30th July @ 6pm: alpha and beta readers (who reads your writing before it’s published?) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #35 ~ Tuesday 4th August @ 6pm: I’m not yet published (panel of unpublished authors) ~ five slots remaining
- T&T #36 ~ Thursday 6th August @ 6pm: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse) ~ five slots remaining
- No panels for a while as I’m teaching at Swanwick (8th to 13th Aug ~ will I see you there?) then we have a family wedding and other commitments
- T&T #37 ~ Tuesday 25th August @ 6pm: characters (revisited) ~ HJ Furl ~ SJ Banham ~ three slots remaining
- T&T #38 ~ Thursday 27th August @ 6pm: topic tba – do you have a suggestion? ~ five slots remaining
- and so on…
Other authors tbc: Bryan Mason ~ Caroline England ~ Jane Davis.
The T&T events that have taken place so far are…
T&T #1 ~ Thursday 12th March: writing life ~ Morgen with Andrea D Woolhead and Alastair McIver chatting about writing inspired, as based on, real life and their relationship with the publishing industry.
T&T #2 ~ Thursday 19th March: the price of eBooks with Morgen and AA Abbott
T&T #3 ~ Tuesday 24th March: how to self-publish with Morgen, Andrea D Woolhead and Eric Goebelbecker
T&T #4 ~ Thursday 26th March: Morgen talking about the best/worst aspects of being in publishing
T&T #5 ~ Tuesday 31st March: your writing process (when/how?) ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ MS Clements
T&T #6 ~ Thursday 2nd April: advice for wannabe writers with ~ Andrea D Woolhead ~ John Moore ~ Shaun Allan ~ Tim Franks
T&T #7 ~ Tuesday 7th April: Morgen talked more about ideas
T&T #8 ~ Thursday 9th April: Morgen talked about how Self-Pub Fest came about (It was going to be about collaborating but ironically no authors were booked in!)
T&T #9 ~ Tuesday 14th April: to stick with Amazon’s KDP Select exclusive or go wide? with ~ Dan Burford ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ Morgen with an ‘E’ (host)
T&T #10 ~ Tuesday 21st April: how real life affects our writing (for better or worse) with Alastair McIver ~ Andrea D Woolhead ~ Eric Goebelbecker ~ SJ Banham and Morgen with an ‘E’ hosting.
T&T #11 ~ Thursday 23rd April: writing under a pen name: BB Elsin ~ John Moore and Morgen with an ‘E’ hosting.
T&T #12 ~ Thursday 30th April: audiobooks (you’ve read and getting your books as audiobooks) ~ Damiano Polcaro ~ Phil Oddy, hosted by Self-Pub Fest founder Morgen Bailey.